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Morgan Park (Duluth, Minn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Rosalie Alstadt oral history interview

 Collection
Identifier: S4560
Abstract

The collection consists of one 60 minute audiocassette tape. Subjects include Morgan Park.

Dates: 1994 October 8

Arnold Alanen research collection

 Collection
Identifier: U6191
Abstract

The collection contains research materials collected and used by Arnold R. Alanen while writing his book Morgan Park: Duluth, U.S. Steel, and the Forging of a Company Town, which was published in 2007 by University of Minnesota Press.

Dates: 1907-2011

Albert and Alfreda Berg family papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S6087
Abstract

The collection consists of family photographs that document women workers in the U. S. Steel plant in Morgan Park, and one work identification badge.

Dates: 1926-1949

Margaret Carroll oral history interview

 Collection — Box OH
Identifier: S4558
Abstract

The collection consists of one audiocassette tape of an oral history interview about life in Morgan Park.

Dates: 1994

Richard H. Hudelson labor history research collection

 Collection
Identifier: S6143
Abstract

The collections contains research materials compiled to write Dr. Hudelson's book published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2006 titled By the Ore Docks: A Working People’s History of Duluth.

Dates: 1880-2006; Majority of material found in 1883-1978

Mining Inspection Tour film

 Collection
Identifier: S3026
Abstract

The collection contains one 16mm, black and white, silent film (17 min.) of a 1936 mining inspection trip and tour conducted by U.S. Steel and Ford, Bacon, and Davis, Inc. The tour included Duluth, Minnesota and the surrounding area including the iron range.

Dates: 1936

Minnesota Steel Company correspondence

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S6135
Abstract

The collection consists of one folder of correspondence (1909-1912) between Minnesota Steel Company and American Hoist and Derrick Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. The correspondence concerns the purchase and installation of two locomotive cranes from American Hoist and Derrick by the Minnesota Steel Company.

Dates: 1909-1912

Morgan Park Good Fellowship Club records

 Collection
Identifier: S2366
Abstract

The collection contains minutes, reports by the relief committee which visited Club members who were ill or in need of financial assistance, correspondence, files from the credit union operated by the Club, fuel deduction lists indicating individuals who participated in the Club's program for the joint purchase of heating fuel, financial records, photographs, and architectural drawings.

Dates: 1917-1962

Morgan Park Hospital patients record book

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S2440
Abstract

The collection contains a bound record book of numerical listing of patients treated at the Morgan Park private hospital in Duluth, Minnesota.

Dates: 1916 October-1925 November

Morgan Park School Archives Restoration Committee records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S6080
Abstract

The collection consists of minutes, lists of committee members, funding information, expenses, exhibit subjects and timeline, a CD of the final exhibit on site.

Dates: 2002-2004

Morgan Park School PTA records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4498
Abstract

The collection consists of the records of the Morgan Park School PTA.

Dates: 1916-1982

Michael Scalise papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4495
Abstract

The collection holds: Fishing licenses (1938-1961), 15 photographs of Morgan Park Good Fellowship Club and U.S. Steel Plant activities and personnel (1915-1925, 1950); 2 newspaper clippings of appointment of Grand Herald in Odd Fellows (1931); notice of GFC meeting (n.d.); list of contributors to Emil Scalise’s retirement gift; Army Navy E War Production Award certificate (1945); April 29, 1934 United Protestant Church Odd Fellows program.

Dates: 1921-1979

United States Steel Corporation and American Steel and Wire Division records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3641
Abstract

The collection contains descriptions of the new American Steel and Wire Division plant; a news release, a tour folder, two booklets on the Duluth plant and a booklet on the American Steel and Wire Division describing the industry and all its plants with eight photographs. Also included are photograph albums and photographic negatives.

Dates: 1908-1960; Majority of material found in 1908-1923, 1954-1960

United States Steel Plant, Morgan Park videotape

 Collection — Box VHS
Identifier: S4514
Abstract

The amateur video consists of 10 minutes of silent black and white footage from 1972 of the plant grounds, plus five minutes of color footage from 1986.

Dates: 1972-1986; Majority of material found in 1972, 1986

Gerrit Vandenberg oral history interview

 Collection — Box OH
Identifier: S4559
Abstract

The collection consists of one 90 minute audiocassette tape oral history interview narrated by a resident of the Duluth neighborhood Morgan Park.

Dates: 1994

WDTH Labor in Duluth oral history interviews

 Collection — Item tapes
Identifier: S2369
Abstract

The collection consists of three interviews concerning union organizing activities, factory working conditions, labor politics, and the experiences of Croatian immigrants in northern Minnesota. Earl Bester, Nick Borovack, and Joe Paszak were interviewed by Jean Johnson of radio station WDTH.

Dates: 1979-1980

The Women of Morgan Park oral history project records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4504
Abstract

The collection consists of two interviews that cover topics and recollections spanning 1919-1960s. The narrators are Sally E. Solomon (approximately 75 minutes) and Pearl Barker (85 minutes).

Dates: 1991 January 1-1991 June 15

Writing for the Social Sciences course records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4491
Abstract

The collection is the product of classroom assignments by undergraduate students in the Writing for the Social Sciences courses from 1990-1993.

Dates: 1990-1993